Tracy Ross hopes her third child, due in August, will be the daughter to whom she can give all the things her parents didn’t give her — empathy, validation and safety.
“I want a little girl because I can teach her how to be an empowered person that will stand up for others,” says the Boulder [...]

My husband Jamie and I are different.
Sure, in many ways we think alike, have the same interests and similar methodology with raising our children.
But we go about life very differently. He is low-key. Methodical. Wise.
I am not.
One of the areas in which we are most different is how we need to connect. I am

Lily Nie is the ultimate tiger mother, matriarch of 9,350 children whose adoptions were facilitated by Chinese Children Adoption International, the Centennial organization she established in 1992.
Instead of seeking the limelight, she prefers to slip to the side. Her office door is papered with a giant handwritten tribute, one of many outsized Mother’s Day gifts, [...]

At least twice a week, James Austin visits the Denver Public Library’s main downtown branch to check out a book, peruse the stacks, browse in the map room — he’s avid about cartography — and in general find some peace and quiet.
So when the library closes Thursday for a week-long, system-wide computer upgrade, the retiree [...]

Melissa Ford, author of “Navigating the Land of IF: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options,” answers questions about IVF, IUI, adoption, surrogacy, donor egg, donor sperm, and child-free living.

There has been a lot of controversy brewing regarding Amy Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Be sure to check out Elizabeth Chan’s review and share your thoughts if mothers from the West fall short of their Chinese counterparts.
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The cover of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” was catnip to this average parent’s [...]

**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS JOYCE DORNEY & GINA ST. AUBIN!**
I have been gluten-free for the last two and a half years or so, and while it has gotten considerably easier in that time to find gluten-free products, I’m still always on the lookout for new foods, recipes, and cookbooks. The gluten-free market is growing, [...]

Guest blogger Christie Barnes understands what it means to worry. One day her husband Peter was walking in the park with their one-year-old triplets and four-year-old daughter; the next day tragedy struck and he died of a stroke. Suddenly, Barnes had to take charge of their lives and their young family. She opened [...]

As they say, “The only constant is change,” and this summer has been evidence of that. In fact, as you may or may not realize, the last days of July signified my last days as assistant editor here at Mile High Mamas!
(Stock photo by typofi)
I’ve loved my time at Mile High Mamas, and I’ll [...]

Research shows that parental involvement in developing their children’s love of literature is critical to raising lifelong readers. As family schedules are reorganized to begin the school year, now is a great time for kids and parents to be sure they incorporate reading into their daily routines.
Below are some fun and practical ways to [...]